Yamaha YPG-525 Owner's Manual - Page 23
Playing Styles, Select a Style Rhythm - features
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Q e uick Guid Playing Styles This instrument has an auto accompaniment feature that produces accompaniment (rhythm + bass + chords) in the style you choose to match chords you play with your left hand. You can select from 150 different styles covering a range of musical genres and time signatures (see page 130 for a complete list of the available styles). In this section we'll learn how to use the auto accompaniment features. Select a Style Rhythm Most styles includes a rhythm part. You can select from a wide variety of rhythmic types-rock, blues, Euro trance, and many, many more. Let's begin by listening to just the basic rhythm. The rhythm part is played using percussion instruments only. 1 Press the [STYLE] button. The style select display will appear. The currently selected style number and name will be highlighted. 2 Select a style. Use the dial to select the style you want to use. A list of all the available styles is provided on page 130. The currently selected style 3 Press the [START/STOP] button. The style rhythm will start playing. Press the [START/STOP] button a second time when you want to stop playback. NOTE • Style numbers 121, 133-150 have no rhythm part and therefore no rhythm will play if you use them for the above example. For these styles first turn auto accompaniment on as described on page 24, press the [START/STOP] button, and the accompaniment bass and chord parts will begin playing when you play a key to the left of the keyboard split point. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 23